aubrey Clarke of Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, who is accused of stabbing his cousin, Lennox Norton, to death on Saturday evening over an old grievance has reportedly gone into hiding.
The suspect and the now dead man were engaged in a heated argument during which Norton was stabbed several times.
Norton of Lot 418 Samaroo Street, B Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was pronounced dead on arrival at the
Dead: Lennox Norton
Georgetown Public Hospital.
One of the eyewitnesses where the stabbing occurred told Guyana Times Monday that on the night of the stabbing, the two men were drinking and an argument led to a fight.
The suspect, he added, pulled out a “long” knife and allegedly stabbed Norton to his back. The knife reportedly passed “through and through” the man’s body.
He noted that he heard Norton screaming and eventually saw him collapse. As he collapsed, the suspect dealt him several blows to the abdomen. The man, who requested anonymity, told Guyana Times that a few years ago, the suspect had blamed the now dead man for his sister’s death.
Meanwhile, at the house of the deceased, his niece related that she was at home when she received the news that her uncle was stabbed by a cousin. She noted that at about 08:15h on Sunday she received another call relating that her uncle had died.
This prompted her to visit the scene only to see blood stains in the yard and in the shop that is not in operation. She was told the two men had a scuffle and the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed her uncle to the back.
She noted that the suspect is always armed with a knife and she often told her uncle not to be around that cousin. She noted that the argument stemmed from an old grievance involving another cousin now deceased.
The woman described her uncle as a helpful person who took care of the culprit’s blind mother. “He would normally go and clean and so for his aunt since her children hardly pay attention to her… it was at her house, he went and met his death”, she noted.
The niece added that Norton returned from the interior about two years ago but was due to return soon. The man leaves to mourn five children and siblings.
